He had a master's degree and a PhD in Information Science from University of Coimbra (UC), and a teaching degree in visual and technological education from Lisbon School of Education. He is an associated researcher at the Center of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies, and a foreign collaborator in the Knowledge Representation, Ontologies and Language research group, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. His current research topic is the ontological approach in knowledge organization.